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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hexagram  58 By: James Byrd I.The Oracle   A. Hexagram fifty-eight is Dui, or Open. Further interpretations are The Joyous, Lake and Usurpation. Its lower and upper trigrams are also identical, being Dui : open, swamp or forest.           B. The Judgment    1. The Joyous. Success.     2. Perseverance is favorable. C. The Image   1. Lakes resting one on the other:       a) The image of The Joyous.       b) Thus the superior man joins with his friends            For discussion and practice. II. My interpretation   A. " The Joyous " Joyously having fun is the tune to accord with now. Amongst these celebrations there abides much talking to the excess of misunderstood clamor.  Talk...

Hexagram  4 B y: James Byrd I.The Oracle   A. Hexagram four is Meng or Enveloping. Additional interpretations include Discovering, Young Shoot or Youthful Folly. Hexagram 4's lower trigram is Kan : gorge or water. And its upper trigram is Gen : bound or mountain.          B. The Judgment    1. Youthful Folly has success. It is not I who seeks the young fool;         The young fool seeks me. At the first oracle, I inform him.    2. If he asks two or three times, it is importunity.         If he importunes, I give him no information. Perseverance furthers. C. The Image   1. A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain:       a) The image of Youth. The superior man fosters his character,       b) By thoroughness in all that he does. II. Another interpretation ...

Hexagram  62 B y: James Byrd I.The Oracle   A. Hexagram sixty-two is Xiao Guo , or Small Exceeding. Additional interpretations include Preponderance of the Small and Small Surpassing. The lower trigram is Gen : bound or mountain, and the upper trigram is Zhen : shake or thunder.         B. The Judgment    1. The Preponderance of the Small. Success.        Perseverance furthers. Small things may be done; great things should not be done.    2. The flying bird brings the message: It is not well to strive upward,         It is well to remain below. Great good fortune. C. The Image   1. Thunder on the mountain: (you heard?)       a) The image of Preponderance of the Small.       b) Thus in his conduct, the superior man gives preponderance to reverence.         ...

Hexagram  46 By: James Byrd I. The Oracle   A. Hexagram forty-six is called Sheng or Ascending. Another interpretation is Pushing Upward. The lower trigram is Xun : ground or wind, and the upper trigram is Kun : field or earth.       B. The Judgment    1. Pushing Upward has supreme success.        One must see the great man. Fear not.    2. Departure towards the south        Brings good fortune. C. The Image   1. Within the earth, wood grows:       a) The image of Pushing Upward.       b) Thus the superior man of devoted character            Heaps up small things            In order to achieve something high and great.  II. My interpretation   A. " Ascending " According to what I can understand, things have heaped-up to whe...

Hexagram  44 B y: James Byrd I.The Oracle   A. Hexagram forty-four is Gou , or Coupling. Variations are Coming to Meet and Meeting. Its lower trigram is Xun : ground or wind, and its upper trigram is Qian : force or heaven.          B. The Judgment    1. Coming to Meet. The maiden is powerful.    2. One should not marry such a maiden. C. The Image   1. Under heaven, wind:       a) The image of Coming to Meet.       b) Thus the prince act when disseminating his commands,            And proclaiming them to the four quarters of heaven.  II. My interpretation   A. " Liaison " So close to valentine to be stuck with the idea of not trusting the fidelity of another person's love life. To touch such a person would prove wrong. A strong and non-subornation person in any ...